Inkssentials Enamel Accents

Enamel Accents is an opaque dimensional accent that gives the look of enamel in a non-toxic formula. Use to doodle, dot, dash and decorate cards, scrapbook pages, stamped images, paper maché, jewelry blanks and more. Each package contains a set of black and white Enamel Accents.

• Acid free, non-toxic
• Opaque dimensional medium
• Dries to a gloss finish
• Accentuate and decorate
• Set of black and white .5 oz. bottles

Additional Projects:

Designer Roni at Ink Stains had this project:

http://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/2010/06/enamel-accents-charms-pt-ii.html

So now you've seen some cool stuff, you probably want some, right?

Let's give some away.

Leave a comment to be entered.  The winner will be announced next Monday,

We regret any inconvenience, we hope that MONDAY, we'll have some new bells and whistles.

In the meantime, we're happy to help by phone at 918-371-0071 – and we always welcome e-mail orders at croppinsville@att.net.

Thanks for your patience!

Show and Tell from WE R MEMORY KEEPERS has arrived on our shelves.  This adorable RETRO set of school papers is perfect for capturing your child's school days.

A limited number of Kits for the layout shown above are now available at CROPPINSVILLE for only $15.  Call 918-371-0071 to reserve yours today or stop by and purchase one while supplies last.

We hope to see you this weekend for all of our fabulous classes with Cathy Arnold, and for HOGS and HOT RODS.  This family friendly event is always lots of fun.  There will be THOUSANDS of people in Collinsville, along with vendors, exhibits, contests and lots of fun.

Keep creating!

This was my card for my Mother-in-law.  She says she needs to start a scrapbook of the cards I make for her, so there was no heading to Hallmark this year.  At half pas DARK thirty on Saturday, I went through my stash and created this card.  I was inspired by Johanna Peterson – I can't thank her enough – love to check her blog, and the Girlfriend's Club, and Leah's Scrapbook Video Blog when I need a creative FIX.  These three gals – Donna Salazar, Leah Fung, and Johanna, feel like old friends!

Oh my GOODNESS.  This is my baby.  17 Mother's Days later, this is my big man.  He towers over me now.  Inside though, he is still my sweet baby!  He made me a card, knowing that handmade is so special to me.  It was a cluster of origami butterflies (I love butterflies so much!) and they all came apart.  Inside was an incredibly humble, sweet handwritten sentiment.  This is a card I will treasure always.

I am so proud of our young man.  He has surmounted MANY challenges, and always come out ahead, stronger and wiser.  This year he made the Oklahoma Honor Society, and he is making all A's.  This week he is taking his finals, still working, and helping around the house.  Through everything, he always seems to be pretty happy, and he has more patience than I can ever hope to have.  He is an inspiration.

My weekend started out well.  I got a card from my daughter, a Snoopy one – love that Snoopy.  I then headed to a long day of work, got to see lots of moms, and a few husbands buying their wives gift cards – good men!  You know how I spent my evening!  Mother's Day morning I watched a movie in bed – the Dim Sum Funeral – a great movie!  Then, we picked up my husband's mom, and we headed to PF Chang, one of my favorite luxuries.  We had a great lunch.  Sarah, you were a great server, and we can't wait to see you at Croppinsville.  It turns out she's a big scrapbooker.  Fate is full of funny twists.  Afterwards, we did a little sightseeing, and finished the day with Frappe's – can't get enough of that mocha madness!!!

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  It's back to the grind for me.  I have some GREAT classes coming in June.  Last minute additions:

My friend CATHY is coming!!!  Some of you have taken classes from Cathy in Oklahoma City, maybe some other places.  Cathy is coming all the way from TEXAS and has room for TEN in each class.  I must have SIGN UPS right away to make sure we can get all the goodies you'll need, so contact me RIGHT AWAY.  The classes will be Saturday, June 12.  I am also teaching my Altered Birdie class that day, so it will be a FUN day. 

C'mon, join us for a GREAT DAY!

We've set a date – June 19th!  Space Limited.  Please contact the store to enroll in this fantastic class.  You will learn MANY techniques while creating this Family Treasure Book.

Okay, why GO ASK ALICE…  because if you are ever here when my husband is … he usually has to say, go ask Allie.  LOL!

I've been organizing ALL week, getting ready for some NEW projects at the studio.  Got to clean that slate, you know!  

It truly took a VILLAGE to create this little card, just a bunch of special women.  I uncovered all these amazing scraps, and odds and ends, and put them to good use.

The flowers and butterfly images were purchased from Scrapbooks Forever of Branson this year during my friend Karen's annual Oscar Weekend in Branson.  If you are out this way, it's a WONDERFUL shop, filled with all sorts of treasures.  The background paper is Cornucopia from Creative Imaginations – the last piece that says RE-ORDER – I hid that part!  Waste not, want not.  The "Go Ask Alice" image is from the Down the Rabbit Hole stamp set, by Tweety Jill (a gift from owner Jill Haglund – thank you sweety) and the other layer is from Quick Quotes.  I was working on samples for the store, and had leftover paper – can't let that go to waste either.  I bought the crepe paper this morning in the party section of a local chain store  - I folded it on my scor-it board and then sewed it in place, trimmed it in half, and covered it with Crochet Trim from Maya Road.  I was inspired early this morning watching a video from Leah Fung.  I love that girlfriends club!  I colored the images with colored pencils and added a few highlights with Ice Stickles (a graduation gift from Ranger University).  

The picture, with that wonderful sunshine, is NOT so brilliant, but I still wanted to share, especially with my global village.

Thanks everyone, for your role in my card, and the rest of you for looking.  Have a wonderful weekend!

REMINDER, SIGN UPS END MAY 11

Beginner's Copic Class, Saturday May 15 from 10:30 to Noon.

10:30 AM  COPIC CLASS – join us as we learn to blend, color and discover a few more tricks using copics.  

Class participants save 20% on all COPIC purchases.  $15   (PLEASE PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 11)

Please bring a scissors, trimmer, wet and dry adhesives, memento or archival ink, favorite stamps, your copics and a journaling pen.

COST:  $15

We have over 144 colors IN STOCK at Croppinsville.  Order now at Croppinsville.com and save 10%.

You will want to stay for BJ's TRI FOLD CLASS!

2:00 PM  TRI-FOLDS – join BJ Searcy as she teaches us how to create the incredible TRI- FOLD card!  

You will have the opportunity to create THREE cards and go home with instructions to make lots more.  

This is one of those WOW cards that really gets a reaction when opened.  Don't miss out!

Bring scissors, slide trimmer, wet and dry adhesives, black and brown ink, acrylic block, and a journaling pen)

COST:  $15

REMINDER …  PLEASE PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 11

Other events…

Tags Bags Boxes & More MAKE n TAKE

Join us tomorrow, May 5.  We'll make this cute purse and 3D flower from Graphic 45 papers, using the Cricut Cartridge Tags Bags Boxes & More. You are welcome to drop in.  Bring adhesive and pop dots.

THIS EVENT REPEATS WEEKLY IN MAY.  PROJECTS WILL VARY.

Cost:  $5

Cricut Clinic

Explore a new cartridge.  Ask a question.  Learn new tricks.

Bring your cricut or borrow ours.  Please bring a cricut mat and a basic class kit, and plenty of paper &/OR scraps to play with.  If you are bringing your cricut, don't forget your power cord!

THIS EVENT REPEATS WEEKLY IN MAY.

Cost:  $5

We still have room for CROPPING this weekend.  $5

Other weekly events in MAY:

MORNING GLORIES

Start your week off right every Monday Morning and join us for some CROPPING TIME.  We will explore a technique or project, then get to cropping.  Stay as long as you like!  Bring a basic class kit and photos along with your normal cropping goodies.

Cost:  $5

OH SCRAP

Tuesday nights from 6 – 8.  Learn how to use a sketch and make THREE layouts using your scraps.  Bring your own or purchase papers – save 25% on products used in class.  Bring a basic class kit and photos.

Cost:  $5

CALL 918-371-0071 to REGISTER for ANY CLASS or CROP.

How about I catch you up?  LAST weekend, not this PAST weekend, we had our ALTERED CASE class with Sara.  I wanted to share mine, because it's TOTALLY unexpected.  If you thought you knew me, and my style, THINK AGAIN.  My theme was PARIS MARKETPLACE, and Sara picked out all kinds of wonderful ephemera for my package.  Everyone had a hand picked folder full of FAB stuff for their project, from Ancestry to WILD, WILD WEST.  She made us all name tags – literally tags, and I put mine on my case.  I went all out on the bling – primas, teresa collins, little stuff I've received in swaps and hostess gifts, truly took a village to cover this case.  Everyone's cases were AMAZING.  I hope you case class takers will share your pictures too!

There's a little peek at the bottom there, of SARA's upcoming class.

Then this most recent weekend, I played a little hookey (how DO you spell that word???) and we went to a concert.  TRAIN (Calling All Angels, Meet Virginia, Hey SOUL Sister) is one of my all time faves – right up there with Jason Mraz and Bob Schneider, Josh Groban and Chris Botti, and of course Adam Lambert – yeah, I like different stuff – to listen to and create.  The proof is in that PINK case!  NOT THE GREATEST PICTURE, but SO much fun.  See our matching John Lennon rEVOLution shirts – gift from my hubby.  You HAVE to take time to smell the roses, and hear the birds.

On to GOOFY FUN, tell me which DIE you're GOOFY for… I am giving away ONE DIE… Simply leave a comment!  If our lil blog gives you a hassle, you can e-mail us to at croppinsville (at) att (dot) net – you would want to substitute the appropriate symbols and delete unecessary spaces on that e-mail address.  Trying to prevent undesirable spam there.  Silly spammers!

GOOD LUCK!

UPDATE – CONGRATS TO PAT SMITH – I HAVE YOUR ADDRESS ON FILE SO BE WATCHING YOUR MAILBOX!

I am thrilled to have been a Guest Designer for Technique Junkies, twice this year!  I love the JUNKIES almost as much as the Newsletter – and everything they create!  One of my techniques is even going to be featured.  YEAH!  So enough tooting my own horn, jeepers!

I was creating my new ad for the Newsletter today, with some art I created a while back, and I thought I would do a GIVEAWAY.  I'm going to give away a TWO YEAR subscription (or renewal) for the ONLINE Newsletter.   Pat is having a special right now – this is an $18.88 value.  

E-mail me at croppinsville @ att (dot) net.  You need to eliminate the spaces.  Not putting the ACTUAL address reduces spam, and really, unless it's fried, I don't need ANY more spam.  Comments are nice but won't get you entered to win.  Put I WANNA BE A JUNKIE TOO in the title.  Include your name, address and e-mail address in the body of the email.  If you are already a JUNKIE, please mention that, so I can give Pat the right info – I'm sure she would appreciate that. The DEADLINE to ENTER is APRIL 30.  Winner will be notified by E-MAIL.  

The online access never expires, so you will have access to these resources forever!  The access includes February 2010 through December 2011.  That's over 180 tutorials in step by step format, with plenty of samples!

Yes, I am a HUGE fan, and if you aren't already, you will be too.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER, JENNIFER BARCLAY!  JENNIFER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING!  KEEP CREATING.